New law aids unhealthy eating

5:59 PM,
Mar. 19, 2013

Written by

Chip Johnson and
Katherine Bryant

The restaurant industry has been walking the halls of the Mississippi State Capitol trying to prevent future effective local-level obesity prevention policy.

Now that Mississippi cities are making an effort to address the health of its community by promoting healthy foods and offering incentives for making healthy choices, the restaurant industry has changed its lobbying strategy. It is now seeking to prohibit local governments from passing policies that will not only aid in improving the health of its citizens, but also the health of the local economy.